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  "id": 15867763,
  "title": "Pope Leo holds first general audience since surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/pope-leo-holds-first-general-audience-since-surgery",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T08:58:42.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/1021/1596246-pope-leo/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV returned to St Peter's Square, waving from his open-air popemobile as he held his first general audience at the Vatican since undergoing lung cancer surgery eight days ago.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Pope Leo discharged from hospital after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/pope-leo-discharged-from-hospital-after-lung-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-19T12:48:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Pope Leo returns to work less than a week after lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/pope-leo-returns-to-work-less-than-a-week-after-lung-cancer-surgery",
        "published": "2026-10-19T23:43:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Pope Leo to hold Wednesday audience for first time since lung cancer surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/pope-leo-to-hold-wednesday-audience-for-first-time-since-lung-cancer",
        "published": "2026-10-20T05:38:32.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}